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Pedro Almodóvar would like to make a Batgirl movie

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Recently, it has been a trend for journalists to ask every director possible whether they would be interested in potentially directing a superhero movie in the future – which has received mostly negative results. However, during an AFI Fest screening of Parallel Mothers (via Variety), director Pedro Almodóvar (Pain and Glory) has gone the other way […]

Brendan Fraser cast as Firefly in HBO Max’s Batgirl movie

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Per The Hollywood Reporter, Brendan Fraser is heading to Gotham City as the beloved actor has been cast as the pyromaniac Firefly in the upcoming Batgirl movie for HBO Max. Fraser will star alongside Jacob Scipio (Bad Boys for Life) whose role is currently being kept under wraps as well as In The Heights‘ Leslie Grace, who […]

Concept art for Batgirl and Blue Beetle movies offer first peek at DC’s HBO Max originals

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Warner Bros. may have taken its time to get its DC Films strategy out of the starting blocks, but things are well and truly rolling now with a host of projects on the horizon. As showcased at DC FanDome this past weekend, 2022 alone is set to bring us The Batman, Black Adam, The Flash […]

HBO Max’s Batgirl movie adds Jacob Scipio, J.K. Simmons confirmed for Commissioner Gordon return

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Gotham City has just grown as Deadline reports Jacob Scipio (Bad Boys for Life) has joined the Batgirl film for HBO Max. He’ll star alongside In The Heights‘ Leslie Grace, who dons the cape and cowl as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl. Scipio reunites with his Bad Bays for Life directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, who are directing for Warner Bros. […]

Batgirl star Leslie Grace confirms that Batman won’t appear in the HBO Max movie

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Some three and a half years after Joss Whedon “stepped down” from the director’s chair, Warner Bros. and DC Films are pushing ahead with their plans for a Batgirl movie, with Bad Boys For Life directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah set to direct Leslie Grace (In the Heights) as Barbara Gordon for an […]

J.K. Simmons in talks to return as Commissioner Gordon for Batgirl

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A week after In The Heights‘ Leslie Grace was cast as Barbara Gordon/Batgirl in Warner Bros.’ upcoming DC film Batgirl, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed J.K. Simmons is in talks to reprise the role of Commissioner James Gordon, Batgirl’s father, in the film. Simmons was first cast as Gordon by Zack Snyder for Justice League, a […]

The search for HBO Max’s Batgirl narrows down to three choices

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Batgirl is coming to DC Films, and Warner Bros. is on the hunt for its leading lady. The three names in the running for the role in the HBO Max Original film are Isabela Merced, Zoey Deutch, and Leslie Grace. Each of them are budding names in the industry, all coming off some pretty solid […]

Bad Boys For Life directors to tackle Batgirl movie for Warner Bros. and DC Films

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Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment have enlisted Bad Boys For Life directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah to take the reins on the long-planned Batgirl movie. According to Deadline, the duo are set to direct the DC Comics adaptation from a script penned by Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley […]

Batgirl would have featured in Ben Affleck’s The Batman movie, says Deathstroke actor Joe Manganiello

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The more that’s revealed about Ben Affleck’s once-planned The Batman film, the more disappointing it becomes that we never got his version. The latest news about the abandoned DCEU project comes from Justice Con, a fan-organized event for all things Zack Snyder, where actor Joe Manganiello spoke in detail about how his character Deathstroke would’ve […]